The Age of Innocence | Techniques
Edith Wharton employs a selective omniscient point of view in much of The Age of Innocence. The story is told by an impersonal third-person narrator, but in large sections of the novel the reader mainly learns what Newland Archer thinks and sees. This technique suits Edith Wharton's purpose since Archer's awakening conscience is the main focus of the novel.
Other sections of the novel, particularly the description of New York social rites at the opera or dull parties, are obviously satiric in spirit. Here Wharton exposes the limitations and cultural ignorance of what is...
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